The phrase, “in Christ” or “in Him” is
found many times in the New Testament. My favorite verse of
all is Colossians 2:10, which reads,
“And you
are
complete
in Him,
who is the head of all principality and power.”
That
idea of completeness should be comforting to us, because is
speaks of lacking nothing, not in want, or needing no thing
to be added to us. Even though we may have times of physical
need, we know from this verse that our times of spiritual
need are behind us when we are in Christ. Another section of
scripture that is equally as comforting is found in the
first chapter of Ephesians. Listen to these comforting
words:

Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly
places in Christ,
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him
in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus
Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His
will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He
has made us accepted in the Beloved.-
Ephesians 1:3-6

In Him we have redemption through
His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches
of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom
and prudence, having made known to
us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in
Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the
times He might gather together in one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven and which are on earth-in Him. -
Ephesians 1:7-10

In Him also
we have
obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of
Him who works all things according to the counsel of His
will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the
praise of His glory. - Ephesians 1: 11-12

In Him you also trusted, after you
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in
whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the
Holy Spirit of promise,who is the guarantee of our
inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession, to the praise of His glory” - Ephesians
1:13-14

Look at all that is true of you who
believe in this one section of God’s Word! If you believe in
Jesus, that He died for your sin, trusting in the promises
of God, then all of this is true about you
right now.

You are blessed with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ

You are chosen before the
foundation of the world

You are holy and without blame

You have been adopted

You are accepted

You are redeemed

You have forgiveness of sins

You know the mystery of His
will

You have obtained an
inheritance

You are His glory

You are sealed with the Holy
Spirit

Your inheritance is guaranteed

What does it do to you to read a
list like that? Do you, like me, look at that list and say
to yourself, “I don’t deserve that…”? Well you’re right. You
don’t deserve any of that. In fact, none of us does.

From the greatest to the least among
us, none of us deserves to be treated that way. We deserve
to be punished for our sin. I have sinned against the Lord
in thought, word, and deed. Try as I might, every day ends
with me having done the very things I tried not to do, and
not doing the things I tried so hard to do right.

And even if I could become better at
not sinning, I know that I would still mess up eventually.
No matter how successful I was at mortifying the flesh, no
matter how many things I didn’t do, or how many good things
I accomplished, I would still be left with the problem of my
sinful nature. It is still in there.

That is the beautiful thing about
the good news. There is someone who can rescue me from this
dilemma, and that someone is Jesus the Christ, the Son of
God, who became flesh and dwelt among us, who lived a
perfect life for me, who died the perfect death in my place,
and whom God raised for me so that I could be saved from the
penalty of sin, be forgiven, and be declared righteous!

And all of these things listed here
are now true about me. They are a reality in God’s eyes,
because He has promised in His Word that they are true. God
does not lie, He does not go back on His Word, and He does
not back away from His promises.

To be “in Christ” means that all of
the things that the Bible says are true about a believer in
Jesus are a present reality and can be enjoyed in the here
and now. “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage
again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by
whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father’”, Romans 8:15 tells us.

You do not have to live in fear of
the fires of hell “nipping at your heels”, as some might
suggest, but you can rest in the promises of God that your
inheritance is guaranteed, that it is an objective reality
that you already possess, and that you are accepted by God
because you believe in Jesus the Christ.

How should we then live? In the
confidence that we are adopted by our Heavenly Father, as
securely as those who were chosen from before the foundation
of the world, and as holy and without blame as those who are
complete in Him who is the head of all principality and
power. We live this life
out of our position in Christ, not
as some say by trying all the harder to prove it.

And what of sin? When sin accuses we
say, ‘Yes, I am a sinner. What of it? My Lord Jesus is a
greater Savior. I have been saved by His mercy, through the
washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.’
(See: Titus 3:5) For it is written, “Greater is He that is in
you, than he that is in the world.” - 1 John 4:4

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